[Magick-bugs] Error : Memory allocation failed `No such file or directory'

[Ilya Zakharevich]

[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to

<duc.sequere.aut.de.via.decede at imagemagick.org>], who wrote in article <200901211409.n0LE9ToL023015 at studio.imagemagick.org>:
>   convert -limit memory 64mb -limit map 128mb ...
> 
> These resource limits reduce the large memory (.e.g > 1mb) requests to ensure
> there is enough memory for the little requests (.e.g. < 1mb) ImageMagick
> requires.

Could you be more precise, please?  What exactly 64mb and 128mb mean
in this context?   (I hate reading sources...)

Thanks,
Ilya